User Study: Learning Statistics for HCI researchers
Statistics are an important part of HCI research as they are needed to evaluate a developed system. However, Paul Cairns found out in 2007 that HCI researchers struggle with using statistics in an appropriate way. In fact, he investigated 41 papers of HCI conferences and journals finding out that 40 out of 41 papers suffer from statistical mistakes. Therefore, we are currently trying to improve learning statistics for students and researchers, developing an interactive statistics learning system. In order to find out how this complements traditional learning methods, we are conducting a user study in the lecture Current Topics of HCI.
Current Exercise: Attend lecture and fill out test
If you are in group A and attended the lecture: Please fill out the Post-Test online or printed out before the lab on May 28. If you fill out the printed version, please return it to the box in front of the seminar room today or before the lab. You'll find some sweets there ;-)
If you are in group B and attended the lecture: Please fill out the Mid-Test online or printed out before the lab on May 28. If you fill out the printed version, please return it to the box in front of the seminar room today or before the lab. You'll find some sweets there ;-)
If you are in group A and DID NOT attended the lecture: Please watch the whole video of the lecture before you return for the interview. Please fill out the Post-Test directly after watching the video.
If you are in group B and DID NOT attended the lecture: Please watch the whole video of the lecture before you do user study. Please fill out the Mid-Test directly after watching the video.
Groups
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
| psylok & Obelix53 | Wu64 & Oi25 |
| Ewa51 & Maria49 | Cookie60 & dave107 |
| jor0425hat & nevio13 | GG31WP & Mal5 |
| TD89 & marianne41 | bubbles & Xuesong8 |
| Mag25 & to35 | kristinka17 & Cherine2 |
| NieLernend & laewahn | alonso1 & ep5175 |
| KP41 & Rosi81 | r4ccoon & Rukhsana07 |
| pj904 & Balrog13 | Peter206 & ksh05 |
| illuminati91 & ABCD42 | |
| randolf42 & martyp | |
| ran105 & Nora410 |
1st Doodle Group A: http://doodle.com/bekafdv3x6k8nr36
2nd Doodle Group A: http://doodle.com/87gifiiepghxmnnh
Doodle Group B: http://doodle.com/a6yar8e3x3uhqbtn
User Study Schedule
For exploring the interactive statistics system we arrange an appointment for each pair of 2 students. Therefore, you can enter your name in a doodle which will be made public on May 14 as well.
| May 7 - 13 | all: Pre-Test |
|---|---|
| May 14 | all: Announcement of groups in the lab |
| May 14 - 18 | all: Form a pair of two and find a date in doodle |
| May 19 - 26 | 1st group: Exploring interactive statistics system for learning |
| May 27/28 | all: statistics lecture; Group A: Post-Test, Group B: Mid-Test |
| May 28 - June 5 | 1st group: Post-interview |
| June 4 - 13 | 2nd group: Exploring interactive statistics system for learning + post-interview |
Schedule and Doodles for Statstudy
Please find a date with your team partner and enter the doodle until May 18:
- Select the correct doodle for your group below
- Find a date for the user study with your team partner
- write both your IDs in one slot for each doodle of your group
- come to the User Study on your date ;-)
Schedule and Doodles for Group A
If your team is in Group A, we would kindly ask you to enter both your IDs for two doodles: The first slot is reserved for exploring the interactive statistics system, the second slot is reserved for a short interview about your experience after you attended the lecture as well. The interview lasts 45 minutes at most, the exploration of the statistics system 1,5h at most. It might last shorter but please make sure that you're available the whole time and arrive in time. Please come to room 2210, you will be picked up at the doors or you can ring for the Hiwi Room. Thank you for participating!
1st Doodle Group A: http://doodle.com/bekafdv3x6k8nr36
2nd Doodle Group A: http://doodle.com/87gifiiepghxmnnh
Schedule and Doodles for Group B
If your team is in Group B, we would kindly ask you to enter both your IDs for the following doodle: In this slot you're going to explore an interactive statistics system and after this, we'll shortly interview you about your experience. One slot lasts 2 hours at most. It might last shorter but please make sure that you're available the whole time and arrive in time. The user study takes place in Media Space (room 2212), you will be picked up at the doors or you can ring for the Hiwi Room.. Thank you for participating!
Doodle Group B: http://doodle.com/a6yar8e3x3uhqbtn
How do I benefit from participating?
Participating in the user study is voluntary. As an alternative, you opt-in for an optional statistics assignment to receive the score. However, you can benefit from participating:
- Complete participation in this user study results in 3% of the overall course score.
- Statistics learning is very difficult as we sincerely hope that participating in the study will help you learning statistics for future papers or the final exam
- With your feedback you can improve learning statistics for future students
- You can help a Bachelor's thesis student
- You'll get cake
If you do have any questions, don't hesitate to write an email to: {EMAIL(title=>Sarah, style=>CSS)}